My first album from back in 2014, Alterations. As an album, it is very different than the sound I’ve developed today. Many of the traits from this album remain in my sound at present, blistering guitars, thrashy rhythm guitars, glittery leads, and a symphonic/synthfonic layer over the top of it. Although the precedent for the “instrumental concept albums” I would later create that are meant to tell a story through vibe and tone is set here, this is not the emotional and deep sounding anthems that would come later. Although the track listing was constructed with a consistent tone and the tracks ordered with momentum in mind, it was much simpler in design than later albums. In style it is much faster and harsher than later albums, it is very fast at times and quite metallic. It’s harsh and intense sounding, with little in the way of the somber attitude and storytelling of later albums. That’s not to say this album isn’t a good listen. It’s many of my fans favorite album to this day and isn’t to be ignored. It’s hard hitting, punchy, direct, it gets in your face and has no apologies.
Recording this album has alot of fond memories. The recording methods were very primitive, and the sound quality isn’t as good as my newest album, but it is better than the sound quality on the last couple before it for some reason. It has a bit of a brittle sound to the guitars, and some of the guitars weren’t recorded well and have sort of a “clipped” sound. But it overall still sounds pretty good on a good sound system with firm bass and a good foundation. Perhaps a slight too much treble in the master but that is easy to fix on any stereo system.
Lossless FLAC album, complete with artwork. http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/710608/Jacob Martin - Alterations.zip
Going to start indexing the first post with the albums also. Ignore the nonsense on the first couple pages…